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Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

The Committee was established in June 2021. It focuses on:

health services in Scotland, including performance, staffing and funding
NHS recovery and remobilisation
primary care, including dentistry, GPs, and pharmacy services
public health including mental health and wellbeing, and tackling drug and alcohol misuse
social care
sport and physical activity

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The Health, Social Care and Sport Committee usually meets weekly on Tuesdays.

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Work of the Committee

Facal-luirg

Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill

Budget scrutiny 2025-26

Care Reform (Scotland) Bill

Reducing drug deaths in Scotland and tackling problem drug use

Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill

Facal-luirg

Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill

Alternative pathways into primary care

Budget Scrutiny 2023-24

Budget scrutiny 2024-25

Experiences of the Complex Mesh Surgical Service

Health and wellbeing of children and young people

Health inequalities

Healthcare in remote and rural areas

Inquiry into female participation in sport and physical activity

NHS boards scrutiny

Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Bill

Perinatal Mental Health

Post-legislative scrutiny of the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013

Questions to the Cabinet Secretary

Racism in Sport

Transvaginal Mesh Removal Cost Reimbursement Scotland Bill

Winter planning 2023-24

Correspondence

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill

7 May 2025

Letter from the Chief Executive, Children’s Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS) in relation to the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill, 7 May 2025

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000

2 May 2025

Letter from the Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport to the HSCS Convener in relation to the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000, 2 May 2025

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

NHS Waiting Times in 2024-25

2 May 2025

Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care to the HSCS Convener in relation to planned care funding to manage NHS Waiting Times in 2024-25, 2 May 2025

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Official Reports of meetings

Meeting date: Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Decision on Taking Business in Private, Tobacco and Vapes Bill

Meeting date: Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Decision on Taking Business in Private, Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1, Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1, Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Decision on Taking Business in Private, Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1, Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Decision on Taking Business in Private, Sportscotland, Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Decision on Taking Business in Private, National Care Service (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2, Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Interests, National Care Service (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2